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View Poll Results: should automotive racing be banned?
yes. 13 17.11%
no, continue the depredation of nature. 53 69.74%
other (please explain below) 10 13.16%
Voters: 76. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 11-10-2018, 03:26 PM
 
Location: PSL
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Car racing can only bring death, not life.
BullSh!t

Apparently you don't know what goes on in the pits. I hooked up with 5 women when I used to race. No glove and going George Bush with no pulling out, will definitely bring life.
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Old 11-10-2018, 03:35 PM
 
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That idea is even better. Also saves the environment and keeps everyone safe because all of the leaders will be safe in their home countries and not have to worry about security detail and the threat of a terrorist attack.

I've been interested in using this technology for our education. If we had kids having to learn from teachers via the internet in the safety of their home instead of the classroom, I'd be all for it. Imagine the money parents would save in not having to buy new pencils and back packs, or worry about their kids falling in with the wrong crowd and getting hooked on drugs or getting pregnant or even attacked by some psycho. No worries about bullying and peer pressure, because all of those things seem to happen in the school years. And imagine the money the counties would save if they didn't have to pay for all of these teachers when one teacher via Skype, can reach out to thousands of students at one time.
Schools are used as government babysitting centers. Kids would have to have to have someone at home if they didn't go to a school. And that's a big no.
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Old 11-10-2018, 03:36 PM
 
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I think OP has a future as a poll writer for CNN.
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Old 11-10-2018, 03:37 PM
 
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No bigger polluter in history than the US Fedguv, lets ban it!
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Old 11-10-2018, 03:38 PM
 
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As fast as electric cars are these days they could be raced with no impact to the environment.

LOL. Where do you think electricity comes from?
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Old 11-10-2018, 03:58 PM
 
Location: Morrison, CO
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LOL. Where do you think electricity comes from?
Coal, natural gas, oil, nuke, hydro...…….
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Old 11-10-2018, 04:34 PM
 
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No one has yet even tried to explain why we need to have car racing. We don't. Comparing car racing to necessary activities such as travel, breathing(?) etc. is a false comparison.

World leaders flying internationally in private jets to negotiate on how to keep the world safe is unfortunately necessary. How is car racing necessary?

So, other words. It's your "opinion".



Told you so.
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Old 11-10-2018, 04:43 PM
 
Location: Old Mother Idaho
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Meh.
As soon as an electric car wins a couple of seasons in a row, all the gas engines will go away.
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Old 11-10-2018, 04:44 PM
 
Location: Toronto, ON
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What a daft idea.

If you really wanted to address any root causes of AGW you'd have to start with the global overpopulation crisis..

A sustainable human population is maybe as small as 100M.

Work towards that instead...instead of banning things. This is a world of plenty - but that doesn't mean you can have endless consumption. With a right-sized human population, there would be virtually no restrictions on human activities.
Too scary but too true.

My personal feelings on car racing is that I love car racing. I'm actually watching The Weathertech multi-class event at Belle Isle on tv right now. I love motorsports of all kinds and I'd like to think that we will one day live in a brighter, cleaner future where auto racing on fossil fuels will be seen as a "guilty pleasure" that we can safely indulge in.
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Old 11-10-2018, 04:46 PM
 
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Meh.
As soon as an electric car wins a couple of seasons in a row, all the gas engines will go away.



As long as it's a race limited to 55 mph or 10 minutes at full speed. No way ANY electric car could run something like the Coca Cola 600.
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